"the first woman to referee a ranking tournament final (2007), and the only woman ever to have refereed the World Snooker Championship final (2009 and 2012). Her professional snooker refereeing career came to an end when she abruptly left the tour in March 2015. She subsequently brought a court case against the sport's governing body, alleging sex discrimination, unfair dismissal, and breach of contract. An out-of-court settlement was reached in September 2015, under which Tabb was paid an undisclosed sum. She is also a former player on the women's eight-ball pool circuit, where she won a number of titles as"
"In December 2009, the IRB announced a panel of 14 match officials for the tournament, including seven world's leading female referees and three specialist assistant referees with previous Women's Rugby World Cup experience. England's Clare Daniels officiated the opening match between Canada and Scotland, while Australian Sarah Corrigan refereed the final between England and New Zealand. The competition was contested over 16 days and 30 matches between 12 nations, divided into three pools of four teams. The tournament began on 20 August at Surrey Sports Park with a match between Canada and Scotland and ended with the final held at"
"Teodora Albon Teodora Albon (born 2 December 1977 in Cisnădie, Romania) is a Romanian football referee. Albon started her refereeing career in 2000 while still playing for Clujana Cluj-Napoca, where she was coached by her husband, Mirel Albon, a former Liga I assistant referee. She refereed the 2009 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship Final between Sweden and England. She refereed (accompanied by a team of three Romanian match officials – assistants Petruța Iugulescu and Mihaela Țepușa, and fourth official Cristina Dorcioman) of the 2013 UEFA Women's Champions League Final at Stamford Bridge in London, where VfL Wolfsburg beat Lyon 1-0 in"
"world final"". Australia's Alyssa Healy was named the player of the tournament. Eight teams qualified automatically and they were joined by two teams from the qualifier tournament. On 10 October 2018 the ICC confirmed all the squads for the tournament. In January 2018, the ICC announced that three venues would be hosting matches: On 25 October 2018, the ICC appointed the officials for the tournament. Along with the twelve umpires, Richie Richardson and Graeme Labrooy were also named as the match referees. The fixtures for the tournament were confirmed in June 2018. All times are given in Eastern Caribbean Time"
"in Dubai together with the men's tournament during the first weekend of March 2009. England defeated Canada 12–0 in the Bowl final while Australia edged New Zealand 15–10 in extra-time to become the first to win the Women's Rugby World Cup. WR, then known as the International Rugby Board (IRB), organised its first official women's sevens tournament outside of the World Cup as part of the 2011 Dubai Sevens. This was part of a plan to launch a full IRB International Women's Sevens Series for 2012–13. The international series was officially christened as the IRB Women's Sevens World Series in"
"and Switzerland. She gave four yellow cards, and the match finished 2-2. She was present as the fourth official at the final between France and the United States. She was selected as the referee for the Women's World Cup in 2015, which took place in Canada. Her official World Cup debut took place on 8 June 2015, at Winnipeg Stadium before more than 31,000 people. As the referee of the match between United States and Australia, she issued three yellow cards and the USA won 3-1. She was the referee again on 16 June, the last date of Group C."
"tournament's final stages. The following year she refereed the 2014 UEFA Women's Champions League Final. In 2014, she was voted second in the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) World's Best Woman Referee poll behind Bibiana Steinhaus. Monzul refereed the opening match of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, marking her debut in the competition as main referee, in which she awarded a controversial injury time penalty kick to host nation Canada who scored to beat China 1–0. She also refereed the final on 5 July 2015 between the United States and Japan. In 2015, she was named"
"Webb was the first Englishman to referee a World Cup final since Jack Taylor officiated the 1974 final between the Netherlands and West Germany. A police officer from Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 38-year-old Webb is one of the English Select Group Referees, and has officiated Premier League matches since 2003. He was appointed to the FIFA list of international match referees in 2005, and before the World Cup, he had taken charge of the 2010 UEFA Champions League Final and the 2009 FA Cup Final. At the 2010 World Cup, Webb refereed three games, all with Cann and Mullarkey as his"
"The final was a rematch of the 2013 final, won by Wolfsburg 1–0. This was the ninth successive final with at least one German team, and the sixth final in seven years between a French team and a German team. Both teams had won the tournament twice. Wolfsburg won successive finals in 2013 and 2014, while Lyon reached four successive finals, winning in 2011 and 2012, but losing in 2010 and 2013, all facing German opponents. ""Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away)."" Hungarian referee Katalin Kulcsár was announced as"
"14 October 2017 Nievas refereed a Rugby Europe Conference match between Finland and Norway, becoming the first woman to referee a men's rugby union international in Europe. Ireland's Joy Neville became the second two weeks later. Individual Alhambra Nievas Alhambra Nievas González (born 9 August 1983) is a former Spain women's rugby union international and a current rugby union referee. Nievas refereed the women's final at the 2016 Summer Olympics. In 2016 she also served as an assistant referee at a men's international between Tonga and the United States. This saw her become the first woman to officiate in a"
"the United States. On 12 May 2017, Steinhaus was chosen by UEFA as the referee for the 2017 UEFA Women's Champions League Final, to be played in Cardiff on 1 June 2017 between Lyon and Paris Saint-Germain. She was joined by assistants Christina Biehl and Katrin Rafalski, with Riem Hussein appointed as the fourth official. Belgian referee Ella De Vries was appointed as the reserve official. On 19 May 2017, it was announced that Steinhaus was promoted to referee in the top level of German men's football, the Bundesliga, for the 2017–18 season, making her the first female referee in"
"sent off French goalkeeper Sapowicz with 25 minutes remaining and a 2–1 score for Germany. In the 2012 Summer Olympics' AFC qualification she refereed the Australia 1–0 China game. In the final tournament she refereed the Japan 2–1 Canada group stage match and the Japan 2–0 Brazil quarterfinals. In the 2013 European Championship's qualification she refereed the Italy 1–0 Poland, Switzerland 4–3 Spain and Iceland 3–1 Norway games, signaling one penalty for Italy, Spain and Iceland each; the former was missed. She refereed the 2010 Champions League's Turbine Potsdam 0–0 Olympique Lyon final, won by Turbine on penalties. In the"
"Alhambra Nievas Alhambra Nievas González (born 9 August 1983) is a former Spain women's rugby union international and a current rugby union referee. Nievas refereed the women's final at the 2016 Summer Olympics. In 2016 she also served as an assistant referee at a men's international between Tonga and the United States. This saw her become the first woman to officiate in a men's rugby union international. In 2017 Nievas refereed a Rugby Europe Conference match between Finland and Norway. This saw her become the first woman to referee a men's rugby union international in Europe. In 2016 Nievas, along"
"Controller: Sissy Krick Technical Specialist: Scott Davis Assistant Technical Specialist: Pirjo Uimonen Judge No.1: Gale Tanger Judge No.2: William Thompson Judge No.3: Igor Dolgushin Judge No.4: Irina Medvedeva Judge No.5: Francis Betsch Judge No.6: Wei Shi Judge No.7: Marina Beschea Judge No.8: Nikolai Salnikov Judge No.9: Rolf Pipoh Judge No.10: Markus Germann Judging panel Referee: Alexandr Gorshkov Technical Controller: Christine Hurth Technical Specialist: Andrzej Dostatni Assistant Technical Specialist: Daniel Hugentobler Judge No.1: Danuta Dubrowko Judge No.2: Simonetta Spalluto Judge No.3: Rolf Pipoh Judge No.4: Olga Zakova Judge No.5: Mieko Fujimori Judge No.6: Roland Mäder Judge No.7: Richard Dalley Judge No.8:"
"Soccer Referees world wide. She and her husband relocated to Switzerland in 2016 and she assumed her duties within the FIFA organization. References Kari Seitz Kari Seitz (born November 2, 1970) is an American professional soccer referee and the most experienced female referee in the World (out of the male and female referees) She participated in four FIFA Women's World Cup tournaments in (1999, 2003, 2007 and 2011), as well as four Olympic soccer tournaments (2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016) and is the only referee — man or woman — to do so. In October 2013, she announced she would"
"regular time, and also officiated at two matches during UEFA Women's Euro 2013. She also refereed the 2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League semi-final between Lyon and Turbine Potsdam, and the 2012–13 UEFA Women's Champions League quarter-final, between Arsenal and Torres. Additionally, she was a referee for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada. Teodora Albon Teodora Albon (born 2 December 1977 in Cisnădie, Romania) is a Romanian football referee. Albon started her refereeing career in 2000 while still playing for Clujana Cluj-Napoca, where she was coached by her husband, Mirel Albon, a former Liga I assistant referee. She refereed"
"automatically. Canada and the United States qualified due to there being no interest from other North or South American unions. In April 2014 the IRB announced a panel of 14 match officials for the tournament, including eight referees and six assistant. New Zealand provided two of the referees in the form of Jess Beard and Nicky Inwood, while there will be one each from United States, England, South Africa, Ireland, Australia and Canada. England provided two assistant referees with the others coming from Italy, France, Scotland and Spain. Nicky Inwood, Sherry Trumbull and Clare Daniels were selected for 2010 Women's"
"replaced in the roster. On 12 July 2018, FIFA announced that Argentine referee Néstor Pitana would take charge of the final. On 30 April 2018, FIFA announced 13 video assistant referees (VARs) had been appointed. For each World Cup game, there will be one VAR and three AVARs (Assistant Video Assistant Referees), each responsible for different situations. They will be supporting the main referee from the Video Operation Room based at the International Broadcast Centre (IBC) in Moscow. Referee Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia) was withdrawn due to attempted match-fixing at the 2018 King Cup Final. His assistant referees were also"
"women's singles title in 1997. The following year, she won the European Women's Pool Championship in Gibraltar. Tabb became involved in pool refereeing in the mid-1990s when she and her husband, professional pool player Ross McInnes, began running amateur eight-ball and nine-ball pool tournaments. McInnes subsequently encouraged her to pursue refereeing at a professional level. She made her professional refereeing debut at the St. Andrew's Cup nine-ball pool tournament in September 1997. She refereed on television for the first time the following year, when the 1998 St. Andrew's Cup, sponsored by Barry Hearn's Matchroom Sport, was broadcast on Sky. She"
"third woman to referee a Copa del Rey de Rugby final. She also refereed the 2017 final. On 15 February 2014, at the USA Women's Sevens, Nievas took charge of a match between Australia and China. This was her first match in charge on the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series circuit. On 30 November 2017 at the Dubai Women's Sevens she took charge of a match between Russia and England. This was her 100th World Rugby Women's Sevens Series match. In 2014 Nievas made her international debut as a referee in the women's fifteen-a-side game when she took charge of"
"She began refereeing in the men's 2. Bundesliga in 2007, making her the first female referee in German men's professional football. She was also selected for the 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, UEFA Women's Euro 2009, and 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. She was one of the sixteen referees chosen for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, where she officiated two group stage matches before she was selected to officiate the final between Japan and the United States. She was selected to officiate the women's football gold medal match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, also between Japan and"
"Kari Seitz Kari Seitz (born November 2, 1970) is an American professional soccer referee and the most experienced female referee in the World (out of the male and female referees) She participated in four FIFA Women's World Cup tournaments in (1999, 2003, 2007 and 2011), as well as four Olympic soccer tournaments (2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016) and is the only referee — man or woman — to do so. In October 2013, she announced she would be retiring later in the month after a 28-year career. At the request of FIFA, in 2016 she began managing training for Women's"
"Katalin Kulcsár Katalin Anna Kulcsár (born 7 December 1984) is a Hungarian football referee. She is tall and took charge of her first international match in September 2004, Malta versus Bosnia and Herzegovina. She refereed the final of the 2009 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship. She eventually reached the top division of male football in Hungary, the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, officiating a match between BFC Siófok and Honvéd in 2011. She was selected by FIFA for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. At the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, Kulcsár officiated the group-round match between New Zealand and China. The game"
"World Cup in France. In 2016, she became the first female referee to be centrally contracted by the Rugby Football Union (RFU), and the world's first professional female rugby union referee. In the same year, she officiated the Women's Premiership final between Richmond and Saracens. Cox officiated at the rugby sevens event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was the only English referee at the tournament. In February 2017, Cox became the first female to referee a National League 1 match. In the same year, she was chosen by European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR) to"
"on to win the match 5–2. Webb later admitted he had made ""a mistake"" but had awarded the penalty ""honestly"". In June 2009, Webb was one of the referees at the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup in South Africa, where he took charge of two games: A 4–3 win for Brazil over Egypt, and a 0–0 draw between Iraq and New Zealand. Throughout the tournament, Webb wrote a regular blog detailing his experiences as a referee while at the tournament. In May 2010, Webb was announced as the referee for the 2010 Champions League final at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in"
"a game between New Zealand and Samoa at Eden Park. She subsequently refereed games in the Women's Six Nations Championship and at both the 2014 and 2017 Women's Rugby World Cups. She also refereed the women's final at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Nievas served as referee at both the 2015 Africa Cup Sevens and the 2016 Men's Rugby Sevens Final Olympic Qualification Tournament. On 19 November 2016 Nievas served as an assistant referee at an international between Tonga and the United States at Anoeta Stadium. This made her the first woman to officiate in a men's rugby union international. On"
"2010 Women's Rugby World Cup Pool B Pool B of the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup was composed of 2006 World Cup runners-up England, Ireland, United States and Kazakhstan. Touch judges: Kerstin Ljungdahl (Germany) Barbara Guastini (Italy) Fourth official: Alan Biggs (England) Fifth official: Andrea Ttofa (England) Touch judges: Kerstin Ljungdahl (Germany) Barbara Guastini (Italy) Fourth official: Alan Biggs (England) Fifth official: Andrea Ttofa (England) Touch judges: Clare Daniels (England) Barbara Guastini (Italy) Fourth official: Andrea Ttofa (England) Fifth official: Sarah Cox (England) Touch judges: Sherry Trumbull (Canada) Andrew McMenemy (Scotland) Fourth official: Ed Turnill (England) Fifth official: Jane Pizii"
"tournaments. In previous tournaments teams were selected by the IRB based on international performances as opposed to qualification via regional tournaments. The tournament has grown considerably in the past fifteen years although television audiences and event attendance still remain relatively low, especially in comparison to other women's world cup events. The final of the 2006 event in Canada was broadcast in a number of countries and streamed live via the internet. Sky Sports broadcast 13 live matches from the 2010 World Cup, including the semi-finals, the third and fourth place play-off match and the final. The pool matches shown included"
"captains of each team were announced on 21 April 2017, with the full squads named shortly after. The ICC announced a panel of thirteen umpires and three match referees to officiate the tournament, including four female umpires, the highest number yet for an ICC global event. The four female umpires were drawn from the ICC's International Umpires Development Panel and their male colleagues from the International Umpires Panel. Richie Richardson is a member of the Elite Match Referees Panel while Steve Bernard and David Jukes are on the Regional Match Referees Panel. Sue Redfern became the first woman to have"
"the subject of a Panini sticker album, available only in Germany. The final match between Japan and the United States broke the record for most tweets per second on Twitter – 7,196. FIFA's Referees' Committee selected 16 referees to officiate at the World Cup: three from the AFC, one from the CAF, two from CONMEBOL, three from CONCACAF, one from the OFC and six from UEFA. In addition 32 assistant referees and three fourth officials were selected. The oldest referee is 42-year-old Swede Jenny Palmquist, while the youngest referee is 29-year-old Finau Vulvuli of Fiji. As with the 2007 tournament,"
"official: Catherine Lewis (England) Touch judges: Sherry Trumbull (Canada) Kerstin Ljungdahl (Germany) Fourth official: Claire Hodnett (England) Fifth official: Natalie Amor (England) Touch judges: Sébastien Minery (France) Barbara Guastini (Italy) Fourth official: Natalie Amor (England) Fifth official: Moira Pritchard (England) 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup Pool A Pool A of the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup was composed of 2006 World Cup winners New Zealand, Australia, South Africa and Wales. Touch judges: Joyce Henry (Canada) Dana Teagarden (United States) Fourth official: Dave Broadwell (England) Fifth official: Paula Carter (England) Touch judges: Sébastien Minery (France) Gabriel Lee (Hong Kong) Fourth official:"
"between Zimbabwe v Canada on 4 April 2007, becoming the first female to referee at an IRB 15-man tournament outside the Women’s Rugby World Cup. (The first woman ever to officiate at ""any"" IRB tournament outside the Women's Rugby World Cup was American Dana Teagarden, who was referee for six matches at the 2007 USA Sevens, an event in the IRB Sevens World Series held in February 2007.) The IRB setting for this tournament was that the matches were to be played between two pools from which the top 8 teams qualified for the Quarter finals and the team that"
"the first female player to make a full season American Ultimate Disc League roster. She scored two goals in the Nashville Nightwatch's first game of the 2017 season, making her the first woman to do so in any American Ultimate Disc League game. 2017 - Ana Carrasco of Spain became the first woman to win an individual world championship motorcycle race, when she won the FIM Supersport 300 World Championship. 2017 - Spain's Alhambra Nievas and Ireland's Joy Neville become the first and second women referees to take charge of men's rugby union internationals when they refereed matches in the"